Cui bono? Who benefits?
“Every system is perfectly designed to get the result that it [already] does.”
-W. Edwards Demings
While we wring our hands and wonder why there's no peace in the Middle East, we should stop and wonder what that would look like.
A strong Israel and a strong Palestine, devoting resources to their economic development instead of defense. A border similar to our border with Canada, allowing commerce to flow unimpeded.
An Arab League becoming a pan-Semitic league, cooperating on their strengths and competing with technology, energy and munitions companies around the world.
Israel more closely allied with its neighbors than it is with the US and Western Europe.
It's easy to see the part Persian Iran plays in keeping the region a shit-show, but we perhaps should be more curious whether Western governmental or corporate entities consider it in their best interests to maintain the status quo.